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NOVEMBER 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SETS EXECUTION DATE FOR WOMAN
Iran set a date for the execution of female prisoner Shahla Jahed, the Human
NOVEMBER 16, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: ZAMPARUTTI (RADICALS)- ITALY NOT TO COLLABORATE WITH THE US LETHAL INJECTION
Radical parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti today presented an urgent interrogation to the Council President and the Health Minister.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MURDER OF COUPLE: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Kottayam Fast Track Court II in India sentenced Pradeep Borah...
- NOVEMBER 15, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell
USA - Ohio. Governor Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell
NOVEMBER 15, 2010DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND GRANTED CLEMENCY TO SIDNEY CORNWELL
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell a day before scheduled
- NOVEMBER 14, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
in Jordan, the Police Court sentenced Captain Ali Sardi to death for murdering a colleague.
in Jordan, the Police Court sentenced Captain Ali Sardi to death for murdering a colleague.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Pathip Selvan Sugumaran, 24, was sentenced to death by Justice Kan Ting Chiu of the Singapore High Court for murdering his ex-girlfriend Jeevitha Panippan, 18, in Ang Mo Kio on July 8, 2008.
NOVEMBER 13, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYMAN HANGED IN SOUTHWEST OF IRAN
One man was hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
COURT REJECTS DEATH FOR LEBANESE SORCERER
the Supreme Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia...
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN COURT SENTENCES ONE TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Ethopian Federal Supreme Court sentenced Melaku Tefera to death for plotting to dismantle the constitution and the constitutional order.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN COURT ACQUITS THREE IN 20-YEAR-OLD MURDER CASE
Taiwan's High Court acquitted three men who had been sentenced to death for the murder of a couple 20 years ago.
NOVEMBER 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA'S TOP COURT APPROVES DEATH PENALTIES
China's Supreme People's Court approved the death penalty of three men, it said in a
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CONDEMN RECENT EXECUTION OF TEENAGE GIRLS
several independent United Nations experts condemned the October 27 public execution by firing squad of two teenage girls in Beledweyne in central Somalia for spying by the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab in front of hundreds of residents in the town, a
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
four people were publicly executed for petty crimes, reported a North Korean
four people were publicly executed for petty crimes, reported a North Korean
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Thomas DeSantos sentenced Pedro Cortez Valles, 37, hispanic, to death
USA - California. Judge Thomas DeSantos sentenced Pedro Cortez Valles, 37, hispanic, to death
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. New DNA results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence in 2000
USA - Texas. New DNA results show Claude Jones was put to death on flawed evidence in 2000
- NOVEMBER 11, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US opposed the moratorium vote at the U.N. The U.N General Assembly Human Rights Committee
USA - US opposed the moratorium vote at the U.N. The U.N General Assembly Human Rights Committee
NOVEMBER 11, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 20 ALLEGED DARFUR REBELS COLLABORATORS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NYALA
the Nyala General Court in Sudan issued death sentences against 20 people accused
NOVEMBER 11, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
at an appeal trial the Vietnamese People’s Supreme Court confirmed Nguyen Duc Nghia's death
NOVEMBER 11, 2010MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION - HEARING IN PARLIAMENT AND VISIT TO BAMAKO WOMEN'S PRISON
the Hands Off Cain delegation in Mali (comprising Marco Pannella
NOVEMBER 11, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN: NOW DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM FOR TAREQ AZIZ AS WELL
"The new vote at the United Nations in favour of the moratorium records the positive
NOVEMBER 11, 2010United NationsDEATH PENALTYUNITED NATIONS: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ADOPTS A RESOLUTION ON A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
The UN General Assembly would, for the third time in four years, renew its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty under the terms of a draft resolution approved today in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) by a recorded
NOVEMBER 11, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYMALI: HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION FOR ABOLITION AND UN MORATORIUM CONTINUES
the Hands Off Cain and Radical Party mission in Mali is continuing. Its objectives are to accelerate the parliamentary procedures for the definitive abolition of the death penalty in the country and to gain Mali's support for two important resolutions in
NOVEMBER 11, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: JUSTICE MINISTER- WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
"We hope to be able to abolish the death penalty in Morocco with an ad hoc law", Moroccan
- NOVEMBER 10, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MUKONO MEN TO FACE DEATH SENTENCE
the Ugandan Court of Appeal sustained the death sentence against Mukono men Andrew Kayondo and Emmanuel Sennyomo for murdering Dennis Tumwine because they suspected he had stolen a blanket.
NOVEMBER 10, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN FOR KILLING WEALTHY WOMAN, BROTHER
in Japan, Presiding Judge Akira Kanaya of the Tokyo High Court upheld a decision by
NOVEMBER 10, 2010MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: THE HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION'S FIRST MEETINGS FOR ABOLITION AND THE UN MORATORIUM
the Hands Off Cain and Radical Party delegation in Mali, comprising Marco Pannella
NOVEMBER 10, 2010TajikistanDEATH PENALTYTAJIKISTAN SET TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN 'NEAR FUTURE' - SENIOR OFFICIAL
Tajikistan is a "few steps away" from abolishing capital punishment as a moratorium
- NOVEMBER 9, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY STAYS, SAYS NAZRI
the Malaysian government has no plan to abolish the mandatory death penalty, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said.
NOVEMBER 9, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the reports from Iran five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Gonbad